Convicted Rapist Still On the Run in South Texas

As we mentioned in an earlier post, last week a convicted rapist escaped a Hebronville jail by running through an unlocked door. Abel Morin, Jr. was convicted of raping a mother and her daughter (his neighbors) in 2006, and is supposed to be serving five concurrent life terms for the crime. A week ago today, he was in the midst of being transferred from Duval County to Jim Hogg County Jail when he came upon the unlocked door. He went on to hot-wire a U-Haul truck and used it to flee to San Diego (Texas) where his family lives; investigators found the truck near a creek in the town this weekend.

One Duval County jailer is currently on administrative leave for interfering with the search for Morin; she is accused of being involved with the escaped prisoner. Authorities have received numerous tips and figure he is still in the Coastal Bend area.

[America's Most Wanted: Abel "Pelon" Morin]